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National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Mistrial in Border Shooting

Nov. 4, 2008
A mistrial was declared in Tucson in the case of a Border Patrol agent accused of shooting to death an illegal immigrant without provocation.
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Third trial for U.S. border agent unlikely

TUCSON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Defense attorney Sean Chapman says he doesn't expect Arizona prosecutors to seek a third trial for a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of murder.

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BLAINE, Wash., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. immigration authorities say they're making more arrests by focusing on bus and train stations many miles from the nation's borders.

Smugglers use Dolly as cover

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. border officials say smugglers tried to use Hurricane Dolly as a cover in at least three attempts to move drugs or illegal aliens through Texas.

Rise in corruption seen for Mexico border

SAN DIEGO, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Homeland Security officials are concerned that the growing ranks of the Border Patrol will lead to a coinciding increase in corruption.

Homeland Security probes border beating

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating a border inspector's claim he was beaten by two Border Patrol agents while off duty.
Suit says U.S. Border Patrol devalues land

Suit says U.S. Border Patrol devalues land

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Two California landowners have sued the U.S. government, saying incomplete border fences are funneling illegal immigrants to their land and devaluing property.

Arrests along U.S.-Mexico border decline

SAN ANTONIO , Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Border patrol says arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico are down nearly 35 percent in Texas and 38 percent in New Mexico.

Border Patrol to make Laredo 'no go' area

LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Border Patrol plans to expand its "zero-tolerance" area along the Mexican border to the area around Laredo, Texas.

Man at U.S. border found with 70 migrants

SAN DIEGO, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested a truck driver after discovering 70 undocumented migrants being smuggled across the border from Mexico.

Fires threaten border patrol agents

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- Illegal aliens and those who smuggle them are setting fires that threaten U.S. Border Patrol agents, officials in Washington said.

U.S. border agent charged with murder

TUCSON, April 24 (UPI) -- Arizona prosecutors have charged a U.S. Border Patrol agent with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Mexican man trying to enter the United States.

Illegal immigrant game canceled at college

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 18 (UPI) -- The University of Iowa's College Republican chapter has canceled its annual illegal immigrant game featuring players trying to cross an imaginary border.

Border Patrol agents to guard troops

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents are now required to protect National Guard troops deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border, The Washington Times reports.

Border drug smugglers get innovative

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Increased border patrols are forcing drug smugglers to become more innovative in order to sneak their wares into the United States, reports say.

Border agent attacked, shoots at suspects

EL PASO, Texas, March 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent at the Texas border with Mexico reportedly fired gunshots after being attacked with rocks but there no injuries. The incident occurred Thursday near the Rio Grande in the Lower Valley, a Border Patrol spokesman told the El Paso
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler